One genre film that Indian
audiences are really looking forward to a genuinely good horror movies where
over the last five years the horror comedy genre has garnered a lot of success
in the form of Bollywood film Golmaal again and Bollywood film Stree gripping
haunting films adjectives associated with horror Bollywood movies have not been
produced actively finally and shockingly from Dharma Productions this weekend I
witness Bollywood movie Bhoot the haunted ship starring Bollywood actor Vikki
Kaushal Bollywood actress Bhumi Pednekar and Bollywood most renowned actor Ashutosh Rana.

Bhoot: The Haunted Ship - Official Trailer

This Bollywood film is
inspired from the incidents were massive cargo ships in the form of MS Wisdom
and close to a month later mysteriously came on the shore of Juhu beach. An
incident there was a heavy blow and breach to our maritime security the film
focuses on Sumit Desai a serving officer played by Bollywood actor Vicky
Kaushal who investigates and the details of the unmanned ship how this and
travels into evil spirits and a dark history of a loss on the ship as Sumit
himself copes with the loss of his family is the premise of Bhoot.

Did we finally get a good
horror movie after Bollywood film Tumbbad? Can we get regular horror gold like
the early two thousands of Bhoot and Bollywood film Raaz? Or is it another
disappointing venture? Over here I will furnish the good and bad aspects of the
film Bollywood film Bhoot so that you guys can ultimately decide whether to go
for it or not.

The Good aspects

Sound design of the Bollywood
film Bhoot - The trickiest skill to execute while in a horror movie is the use
of sound for an intended reaction from the audience. This use of sound ranges
from moments of silence just footsteps or jump scares in the form of door
shutting or shrill screams. If these elements are not executed on beat two the
movement of the characters it often leads to several moments where the
creator's desire a gasp or flinch from the audiences to completely fall flat. This
Bollywood film especially with its sound design and heart pumping background
music in the form of consecutive clicks has done a praiseworthy job that is
different that this Bollywood film does not possess the same magic to visually
blow your mind away with its horrific sequences but credit where credit is due.

Set design and screenplay

Another technical aspect
that needs to be appreciated in the Bollywood film is it set design to recreate
a deserted unmanned cargo ship as characters move from several rooms to another
truly feels like characters generally uncovering a ship's mystery in real
locations. Another feature that really made me marvel at the talented
individuals behind the camera is that the screenplay of this Bollywood film
especially in some sequences will blow your mind away. See the movie Bhoot focuses
on a man off his medication recovering from the loss of his wife and child in
this manic state he sees visions that haunt him there is one breathtaking
sequence as the main character communicates with his daughter through cups tied
with the string as he sees the cup moving it immediately takes him back to the
setting of the tragic incident helplessly crying as he communicates the same
way with his daughter there are several moments such as this where the
protagonist is envisioning a particular thing in quickly a transitions to what
is happening in real time. Despite the poor second half and honestly a lame
attempt at creating a backstory both technically more specifically visually
shines in moments.

Performances and Motivation

Bollywood Actor Viki
Kaushal is the only star of the show honestly. This movie had a lot of
potential in uncovering the psychological battle of a man suffering from a loss
and integrating a real event in creating mysticism around it. There was so much
potential in creating haunting premise that the masses would celebrate. Sadly
with the poor development of the storyline Viki has to do all the heavy lifting
he possesses a lingering sadness behind those eyes throughout this Bollywood
film. A man wanting any purpose to help someone as he doesn't want anyone to go
through the tragic loss of a loved one, you see such infectious and pure love
between him and the character played by Bollywood actress Bhoomi in the musical
sequence of Chana Ve and sheer heartbreaking sadness as he copes with their
loss but still hangs on to their memory the frailties in the storyline
especially as it progresses to its second half are too many for even a capable
actor like Viki to keep this ship afloat.

The underwhelming aspects

Slow Pace, the interesting
aspect of the movie is the despite being only one hour and 57 minutes long
through many of its sequences starts to feel like a drag. Despite the intense
premise of some of the most celebrated horror films they have the tendency to
progressively take out the skeletons from the closet, consequently really
developing interest among the audience see as the movie is about uncovering a
mysterious dwelling like an unmanned ship the best parallel that I can create
with it is if you have seen don't breathe crooks for him to get a fortune by
stealing a blind man who is more than capable and has a deep disgusting secret
as a plot thickens in the film it slowly develops into revealing aspects of
characters that we least expected and as it progressively gets crazy it
pragmatically goes from point A to point B.

Bollywood movie Bhoot on
the other hand takes convenient creative decisions and jumps the gun to uncover
the mystery of the ship so sporadically that it don't get invested the lack of
genuine scares especially from the presumable being on the ship makes it even
more underwhelming. Imagine even a horror comedy like Bhool Bhulaiya if even in
that film a character like Manjulika can send chills down my spine and a film
like Bhoot which is an out-and-out horror film and the mysterious character barely
brings any feeling of being scared then you know the creator's goal was not
reached.

Lethargic second half

The biggest letdown of the
Bollywood film is its second half. The last 45 minutes of this Bollywood movie
are spent in retracing the origin of the deserted ship. Who were the people that
were on board? What is the history of the ship? The film resorts to spiritual
mantras being told a poly fleshed out character like Bollywood actor Ashutosh
Rana who we basically know nothing about but he has all the knowledge of this
realm and the other. He performs brilliantly by the way and he's a great vessel
in any horror movie I will never forget him in the Bollywood film Raaz. But he
is so poorly written and even Meher Vij introduction to the story and her
flashback which honestly looks like a poor man's attempt at connecting the dots.
Its explanations of why things turned out the way they did seem like a rushed
creative decision. You know the sad part about Bhoot is that it honestly is a
very novel attempt, at a time where horror movies are not being made in
Bollywood keeping in mind their commercial value the technical efforts that are
made to execute such eccentric stories are truly commendable but Bhoot can't
even be that guilty pleasure horror movie that you can watch for the jump
scares or eerie supernatural elements. It is visually brilliant but its lack of
depth and spooks especially in its second half let it down completely.

I generally believe this
universe cannot be expanded beyond this. Let's end the chapter here kudos for
effort but we still need a film that makes us helplessly shut our eyes and the
entire theater shriek with horror.

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